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The APD SWAT team surrounded a room at the DoubleTree Hotel at 16th St. and IH-35 early this morning as they searched for a suspect in an assault case. They believed the man had barricaded himself inside the room. But when officers went inside, he was not there. They now say he...

Austin city leaders today will try to prevent a feud between two minority groups. Several of the city’s Hispanic leaders recently met with City Manager Marc Ott to discuss diversity in his hiring selection. But they went public over the weekend with the fact that they were not...

Leander Independent School district students will begin the 08'-09' school year today along with many other Austin students. "This year, for the very first time, we're opening four brand new campuses. We've never opened four campuses in the same year before,” said Dick Ellis...

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is planning to crack down on bootlegging in the Lubbock area this fall. The effort will focus heavily on parties that usually crop up when school starts. TABC Sgt. Michael Lockhart said people can legally hold parties and events and sell...

The Austin Police Department’s SWAT team has been called out to the Doubletree Hotel at 16th and IH-35 this morning. Officer Joe Munoz says officers have surrounded one room at the hotel and have evacuated the surrounding area. Traffic on the freeway is not being affected. Munoz...

Austin's transit provider begins several service changes which the agency says it has warned riders about for the past several weeks. Capital Metro's service changes include new 'Dillo routes, the closure of the Capitol Transfer Center and a new Park & Ride near South...

If you've been riding the bus to save gas, Capital Metro has made some changes to routes around the city. The most significant change is the elimination of the busiest stop in town, directly in front of the Capitol. Requested by the State Preservation Board, they cite traffic...

Court testimony reveals more graphic details in the case of a San Antonio couple accused of trying to sell the woman's 5 year old daughter for sex. An FBI agent testified that 25 year old Jennifer Richards, and her married boyfriend, Sean Michael Block, also planned to include...

As the centennial of Lyndon Johnson's birth approaches, historian Robert A. Caro would like to think of his longtime subject at his happiest and most fulfilled. That wasn't when Johnson was president, in anguish over Vietnam, but rather a few years before. That's when LBJ was in...